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Pisa

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April 8th 2008
We woke up at around 9:00am, picked up a few things from the supermarket, and then caught the train to Pisa. It was about a one hour train ride and then another 20 minute walk to the city center. I guess we kind of expected the leaning tower to be right there once we got off the train station, but we ended up having to walk a ways to get to it. Finally we were staring at the Leaning Tower...i ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more